The Man With a Record Chooses Sunnyside as Stage
Detective Conroy, newly tried in high society, joins Miss Hollender and her family on a Sunnyside train voyage to uncover a theft and expose a servant thief. He finds a secret letter linked to Clifford and a past crime, risking a dangerous confrontation.
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Illiam Conroy
du Mautier
Conroy
Gilbert Hollender
Mr. Conroy
Sunnrside
Miss Hollender
Miss Hallender
Master Flollender
Sunnyside
Mr. Oiford
Miss Lallender
Courey
Willie Hollender
Willie
Wade
Wiss
Clifford
Miss Stollender
Caleb
Jean Cud
Amerie
Puusty
Duprey
Miss Fallender
Chitverd
Sunny Jew
Conray
Use of slate by ancients as writing tablets and roofing
The article traces slate's early role in European education as writing tablets from the Middle Ages and its durability as a writing surface. It notes slate’s use for roofing for centuries, the trend to thinner slates, and contrasts modern flimsy constructions with durable old slate roofs, citing Leiden Daily Globe.
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Greece
Rome
Leiden Daily Globe
Rich Wives for Poor Men
The essay argues that society ladies often block happiness with wealth, while poor rich girls prove more capable in managing money. It suggests character and taste influence pairing, noting rich women may economize differently and that only the rich learn true thrift through experience.
Beyond Help and a Bookshop Exchange
A humorous exchange in a bookshop features a customer asking for Browning and the clerk declining to stock books he cannot understand. The dialogue explores miscommunication and playful banter over literature and marriage as a topic.
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Browning
Mindaim
Mindaim, This Skeptical Person Assured Her, “Sve
Back Up Attitudes and Feline Instincts in Human Nature
A humorous reflection on people who take offense easily and keep their backs up, likening it to cats. Observes how small slights ruin friendships and how reason and self control can restore harmony. Concludes with a quip about Batts the inventor dying from overwork.
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Hywan He Ug
Husbands for Sale In Broadway Dream Panel
A New York City anecdote recalls a wife waking in tears after dreaming of a street scene where placards advertised husbands for sale at various prices. The tale, relayed via a National Magazine excerpt, contrasts satirical lines from a Chicago Tribune item about apartment-hunting with child-friendly neighborhood concerns.
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New York City
Broadway
National
Colorado Volunteer Cured of Stutter by Bulllet Shot
A Colorado regiment volunteer in Manila reports recovery after a Mauser bullet wound through the throat, ending his stuttering. The incident highlights the harsh realities of the campaign and the soldier's surprising improvement following the injury.
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Manila
The Uncrowned Queen by Mary Ellen Betsy Smith
In a serialized tale from the era a young woman rejects marriage for independence. She endures servile work, grows financially, claims wage equality, and rises to command in the household, declaring a stance on women s rights amid social constraints.
Dinner Gaffe Sparks Chopin Nocturne Sonata Quip
A social gathering in eastern Ontario features a hostess at the piano who plays a Chopin nocturne. After the piece, she jokes to an elderly guest about a sonata before dinner, prompting a surprised yet amused reply about enjoying another tune on the way.
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Ontario
Man's Lest Friend in Faithful Dogs and Sausage Dreams
In a playful Milwaukee Sentinel voice the column muses on dogs as faithful companions through life and worse, joking that even when a dog is half fed and abused its offering at death could become breakfast sausage with morning buckwheat cakes.
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Gough
Milwaukee Sentinel
Kept the Letters Lobster Case in Detroit Tale
A young man in a blue waistcoat recalls learning about love from letters. He jokes he took ten lessons in a school of correspondence. The tale ends with the woman learning of the letters and suing for breach of promise.
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Love
Detroit Tribune
Defining His Hors Patrice in Yonkers Statesman
A Cleveland judge rules that 11 oclock is late enough for any man to call on his best girl. The Yonkers Statesman notes the comment as outside the two hours allowed to say goodbye at the door.
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Cleveland
Patrice
Yonkers Statesman
Sighing in a Chicago News style car scene
A playful exchange recalls a moment after a passing in an automobile when Jack proposed. Eva notes the machine’s chugging as Jack sighs, highlighting a lighthearted domestic moment in a newspaper tone.
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Strennova
Jack
Chicago News
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Caast
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Uae
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May
Wille
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Kevin
Tie
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London
Tia
Hoallender
Clhyovd
Suu
Uma
Connor 7
Miss Wauum
Mr. Bach
Batts
Mary Ellen Betsy Smith
Tierra
Fay
Mary Smith
Touche Hancock
New York Press
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